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Configure resource
adapters

A resource adapter is a
system library specific to an Enterprise Information System (EIS) and
provides connectivity to an EIS. A resource adapter is analogous to a
JDBC driver, which provides connectivity to a database management
system. The interface between a resource adapter and the EIS is specific
to the underlying EIS. The resource adapter plugs into an application
server, such as WebLogic Server, and provides seamless connectivity
between the EIS, application server, and enterprise application.

A resource adapter is packaged and deployed like any other
application. Its initial configuration can be specified in its
deployment descriptor files, ra.xml and
weblogic-ra.xml. You can configure the following
aspects of a resource adapter using the Administration Console: